PHUKET: Phuket Airport Customs officers have seized nearly 9.6 million illegal foreign cigarettes in a bust valued at more than B71 million, in one of the largest anti-cigarette smuggling operations ever recorded on the island.
Customs officials confirmed yesterday (Sept 25) that the haul of 9,568,000 illegal cigarettes was intercepted as part of an intensified crackdown on goods violating customs and intellectual property laws.
The seizure followed inspections carried out under the Customs Department’s national policy to protect the public from illegal products and to safeguard the Thai economy, said an official report of the operation.
